Robot Monster - number two on James Joyce's 10 rubbish movie monsters list.

The full, unrelenting horror of the alien invader Ro-Man will be unleashed on Canberra audiences when Robot Monster has a special outdoor screening from 8.15pm on Saturday November 10 at the National Film and Sound Archive's Arc Cinema.

4. Night of the Lepus (1972) Janet Leigh Vs giant killer rabbits. No joke. Btw: no fluffy bunnies, or brain cells, were harmed during the making of this film.

3. Jaws: The Revenge (1987) Michael Caine Vs a great white shark with a grudge. Dah-dum…. dah-dum. Nah, just dumb.

2. Robot Monster (1953) Take one gorilla suit and a deep-sea diver’s helmet and you have the evil extra-terrestrial invader Ro-Man Extension XJ-2. And, yes, that’s his name, not his licence plate number.

1. Edward Cullen (Twilights 1 to 27) Sorry, Team R-Patz. Time to admit it. Count von Count from Sesame Street is a more convincing vampire than Bella’s sooky nape-nibbler.

10 coolest movie monsters

10. The Host (2006) South Koreans battle a giant man-eating amphibian. Terrifying and hilarious --- the monster and the movie.

9. American Werewolf In London (1981) Oscar-winning make-up effects create an unforgettable werewolf transformation scene. Well, almost as unforgettable as Jacob taking his shirt off in Twilights 2, 7, 13, 21 and 27.

8. StarshipTroopers (1997) Paul Verhoeven’s swarms of invading alien “bugs” were spectacularly nasty pieces of work but gave good splatter when blasted.